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Hi there! So here’s the thing, the way this programme is made, if we want to redact a word close to a comma or dot, or anything else other than a blank space, it won’t work. For instance, if I write “Hello!” and I want to redact “Hello”, things will remain the same. So my question is, can I apply the split method at different criteria simultaneously, this is, to split every time it sees a blank space, a dot, a comma and an exclamation mark? Thanks!
I am having trouble with running the code in this exercise. I can input text at the first prompt, but then the console terminates with the error “execution expired”.
I’ve oft repeated this suggestion: Forget about the input, and supply values for those variables. Then you can at least run the code and see what it does.
Chances are very good that your code runs as expected in a REPL.it sandbox. This environment is wonky when it comes to user input. Some users have workaround suggestions or browser change, etc. You can still pass if you hard code the values.
I can’t run anything at all on this step of the exercise, not even the first line, without getting the execution expiration error.
I advanced forward by viewing the solution code. The same error occurs again on the next page, but I was finally able to run the code after a few browser refreshes.
text = "Always butter the burnt side of the toast"
words = text.split()
z = text.dup
redact = "burnt side"
redact.split(' ').each {|x| z.gsub! /\b#{x}\b/i, "REDACTED"}
puts z
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